GrowUp2BaPrincess
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2006
Hi all,
We are WDW veterans, but have never been to DL. We've decided to surprise our kids with a trip on Christmas morning. We will leave Arkansas on the 28th...and DRIVE! We are thinking that we'll definitely try to stop at the Grand Canyon. Our hotel stay at Paradise Pier doesn't begin until Tuesday the 30th, so we do have the time to stop, if weather permits. We will spend Wednesday (NYE), Thursday, and Friday park hopping between DL and DCA (if allowed, due to crowds and possible closing??), before driving back home. (Yes, it's 24 hours...we do enjoy car trips, and with 2 adult sons, we can split the drive time between 4 of us, so it's not really as horrible as it sounds.) We are hopeful that weather will cooperate, and are comforted by the option of driving further south if necessary. I've searched the trip reports, but I'm not finding many written with similar dates, so any info that you can provide on your experiences along our driving route, or at the parks during that time of year would be greatly appreciated. WE have been to WDW for NYE before, so we anticipate that the crowds will be comparable. WE do wonder if the parks will close to capacity, on either NYE or NYD. Want to make sure our dining reservations are in the "right" park, if that happens.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Christy
We are WDW veterans, but have never been to DL. We've decided to surprise our kids with a trip on Christmas morning. We will leave Arkansas on the 28th...and DRIVE! We are thinking that we'll definitely try to stop at the Grand Canyon. Our hotel stay at Paradise Pier doesn't begin until Tuesday the 30th, so we do have the time to stop, if weather permits. We will spend Wednesday (NYE), Thursday, and Friday park hopping between DL and DCA (if allowed, due to crowds and possible closing??), before driving back home. (Yes, it's 24 hours...we do enjoy car trips, and with 2 adult sons, we can split the drive time between 4 of us, so it's not really as horrible as it sounds.) We are hopeful that weather will cooperate, and are comforted by the option of driving further south if necessary. I've searched the trip reports, but I'm not finding many written with similar dates, so any info that you can provide on your experiences along our driving route, or at the parks during that time of year would be greatly appreciated. WE have been to WDW for NYE before, so we anticipate that the crowds will be comparable. WE do wonder if the parks will close to capacity, on either NYE or NYD. Want to make sure our dining reservations are in the "right" park, if that happens.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Christy